Oregon psychiatric hospital must cap stays for defendants
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the Oregon State Hospital must limit the…
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Community Assistance Center in Bend available through Monday, moving to new location
The Community Assistance Center, which has been providing support following Sunday’s tragic shooting event in Bend, will continue to provide services…
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‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police
By ANDREW SELSKY and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, called…
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Safeway shooter’s online threats draw concern about C.O schools’ security measures
With the Safeway shooting on the east side of Bend that claimed the lives of two Central Oregonians Sunday night, one of whom fought heroically to…
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ODOT has heads up for travelers: Highway 20 west of Santiam Pass to close for two weeks next month
– ODOT is advising travelers that a stretch of U.S. Highway 20 will be closed for two weeks next month about 20 miles west of Santiam Junction for…
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Bend community searches for healing after shooting tragedy
Days after a tragic shooting at Safeway on Bend’s Eastside in which three people died, including the gunman, community members are searching for…
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Oregon economic forecaster says economy could be cooling; projected kicker grows to $3.5 billion
Oregon’s recent boom in tax revenue is coming to an…
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DHS asks public to help find girl, 15, missing from Cottage Grove’: ‘In danger,’ likes to spend time in C.O.
The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division asked the public Wednesday to help find Chloe Brinegar, a 15-year-old in foster care…
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Art in Public Places announces sculptures chosen for two new Bend roundabouts
Art in Public Places said Wednesday it has awarded two public art commissions for the sculpture designs that were recently on view for the…
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‘He’s going to be hard to replace’: Community offering support for family of Bend’s Safeway shooting hero
Sunday night’s Safeway shooting on Bend’s Eastside was a tragedy in which three people died, including the gunman. But the killing of a store…
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Jefferson County firefighters stop 3 small blazes along Hwy. 26; flames destroy fence, 5 tons of hay
Jefferson County firefighters stopped the spread of three small wildfires along Highway 26 northwest of Madras Tuesday evening, protecting a…
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Drug agents raid 4 illegal marijuana grows in Clackamas, Yamhill counties, seize 17,000 plants, guns, stolen vehicles
Drug agents raided two illegal marijuana grows north of Woodburn, seizing more than 11,000 marijuana plants and a large amount of harvested…
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Bend PD release new info on Safeway shooting: Over 100 shots fired; hero went after gunman with produce knife
Bend police released new details late Tuesday afternoon on Sunday night’s shooting at the Eastside Safeway, including that more than 100 shots were…
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Cedar Creek Fire puts up big smoke plume visible from Central Oregon; Rum Creek Fire threatens 7,600 structures
The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon has burned nearly 12,000 acres, or nearly 19 square miles, is threatening thousands of homes and is…
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Community Assistance Center available through Friday at Pilot Butte Middle School, offers support to all
Deschutes County Health Services, the DA Victims’ Assistance Program, St. Charles Health System and local chaplains are partnering with Bend-La Pine…
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Hugs and prayers, hope and anger: Vigil held at Drake Park for Bend Safeway shooting victims
Sunday night’s Safeway shooting on Bend’s Eastside resulted in the tragic deaths of a customer at the front of the store and employee in the produce…
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Bend Safeway shooter reportedly planned to attack Mtn. View HS; police investigate threatening online posts
Information from an online blog/manifesto and comments from a friend are giving us more information about a gunman who police say shot and killed two…
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‘This doesn’t have to happen’: Reactions to Bend shooting from officials, city council, Safeway, workers’ union
Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon’s two U.S. senators and others issued statements Monday in the wake of Sunday evening’s shooting at Bend’s Forum Shopping…
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City of Redmond drops disputed city-owned location to expand ‘safe parking’ for the homeless
The city of Redmond said Monday it has dropped controversial plans to allow a new “safe parking” spot for homeless residents on city-owned land that…
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Three injured, one critically, in SUV-semi crash that shut Hwy. 22E for 7 hours
Three people were injured, one critically, in a collision of an SUV and a UPS semi-truck hauling double-trailers on Highway 22E west of Detroit…
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